“Me too” her little voice spoke as loud as she could. “Me too” she chanted as if it was a prayer stumbling over the words as she got more and more excited. Getting caught up in the excitement of Friday treat time. Excitedly eyeing the unseen shapes in the brown paper bag Daddy religiously brought home....

I believe that the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre’s current 16 Days of Action campaign represents an excellent opportunity to re-emphasise the Ask Consent Campaign and to raise awareness about the issue of consent. I also believe that the recent revelations about sexual violence and harassment in the arts, media and other sectors, both internationally and....

The Men’s Development Network supports the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre’s 16 Days of Activism The Men’s Development Network (MDN) works to raise awareness in men about how some of what we were told about being a man is not and has not been helpful to us men. MDN does this work by connecting men to....

The ‘Act’ of Consent On the 27th March 2017, The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 was enacted. It contains many necessary changes and amendments including a legal definition of consent. Right in the centre of the Act is Part 4, which criminalises the purchase of a human being for sex. Although the legislation itself....

In my view, consent is a completely essential starting point for any intimate interaction. Asking for consent is not only respectful and morally correct; it is also a loving thing to do. From personal experience, nothing makes one feel more insignificant then a non-consensual experience with another person. Asking for consent does not ‘ruin....

I wanted to initiate The Broken Spiral anthology, or something like it, for a long time. I saw it as a way of raising the necessary funds that the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre are always in need of, but I also wanted to open a discussion about the work that the DRCC do, and....

With everything that has been happening in the media lately around sexual harassment and rape, as horrendous as it is, I am glad that the veil has been lifted. These events have started conversations worldwide around the importance of consent. I was never taught about consent in school, but I know that it would have....

For me, consent is about personal safety and the understanding surrounding it. It’s also about choice. Consent only becomes an issue when a choice is taken away. The fundamentals of what is consensual and what isn’t never change. If someone says no, then that is what they mean. They don’t mean ‘a little bit’ and....

My teenage years were a series of awkward moments and misunderstandings. Some were a part of growing up and others weren’t, or at least shouldn’t be. Consent is of the utmost importance in relation to sexual contact. The pressure on young people to become sexually active can have damaging effects. Some can be pressured into....

About DRCC

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre was established in 1979 and is a national organisation offering a wide range of services to women and men who are affected by rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment or childhood sexual abuse. The services include a National 24-Hour Helpline, one to one counselling, court accompaniment, outreach services, training, awareness raising and lobbying.